The Termites of South Africa 87 



the soldier of laiericius but is yellower in colour, not brick-red, 

 and is wider than that of the major worker, not narrower, as it is 

 with laiericius. The antennae are XVI or XVII jointed; when 

 XVI, joint III is longer than IV; when XVII, joint III is 

 shorter than IV. 



The workers are more yellow headed than are those of latericius 

 and plainly smaller. With both major and minor the antennae 

 are usually XVII jointed. 



Locality: Natal Coast. 



Termes vulgaris Haviland (1898). 



The only winged imagos I have seen that certainly belong to 

 vulgaris are a number collected by Haviland. Such other Imagos 

 as I have from the type locality and the higher parts of Natal are 

 kings and queens. All of these exhibit no elevation at the 

 fontanelle. The imagos from the coast of Natal, winged and 

 kings and queens, whilst accompanied by workers and soldiers 

 that are quite agreeable with those of the typical form, differ 

 insomuch that most, but not all, have a distinct elevation at the 

 fontanelle and also in being somewhat darker; the wings are also 

 shorter. For the present I propose to regard these as representing 

 a sub-species calling it T. vulgaris s.sp. minor,. T. vulgaris 

 s.lat. always exhibits two worker castes. 



Localities: NataL: Haviland Rail, Winterton, Ladysmith, 

 Magut, Bellair, Durban, Mount Elgecombe. SWAZILAND: Le- 

 bombo Flats between the Umbelusi and Umkomati Rivers. 



Termes angustafus Rambur (1842) sens.lat. 

 = Termes vulgaris in part Fuller (1915). 



T. angustatus is a species for which an elastic description is 

 required seeing that the imagos and soldiers from different 

 localities tend to vary in a number of minor structuial details, and 

 there seems to be some vague relationship between variation and 

 locality. 



The soldiers are almost indistinguishable from those of T, 

 vulgaris and vary in the degree to which the dentation of the 



